Gbafe Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Gbafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Gbafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbafe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbafe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,273,756th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbafe reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 47 percent live, Kwara, where 20 percent live and Ogun, where 17 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngbafe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Gbaf | 89 | 2 | / |
| Gbafa | 80 | 1,553 | / |
| Gbefe | 80 | 63 | / |
| Gbofe | 80 | 24 | / |
| Gbasf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Guafe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbeffe | 73 | 461 | / |
| Gbafio | 73 | 92 | / |
| Gbafaa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Gwaife | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ngbofe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gbaffa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gbaifa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gbaffi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gbofer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Guafer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gboffeh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gbab | 67 | 4 | / |
| Guahfer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwaffer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbejefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbeafio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwafeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbav | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gbafe
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